A new 829 MW gas-fired power plant has been commissioned by Siemens and Panda Power Funds in Pennsylvania.
Located in Clinton Township, the Panda Patriot Power Projects features Siemens’ advanced H-class gas turbines. Together with the Liberty Power Project in Bradford County, this new plant is the second of two new Panda Power Funds generating stations recently commissioned in Pennsylvania, Siemens said in a statement Wednesday.
These two power plants are the first in the US to employ the Siemens SGT6-8000H single shaft configuration, it said, adding that combined, these two natural gas power projects, designed to use Marcellus Shale gas, are able to generate enough electricity to power about two million households.
Siemens is to provide power generation technology, financing, and long-term service.
The single shaft power plant blocks include two SGT6-8000H gas turbines, two SST6-5000 steam turbines, two hydrogen-cooled SGen6-2000H generators, and two heat recovery steam generators, along with the control system SPPA-T3000, the company said.The gas turbines and generators were manufactured at Siemens’ Charlotte Energy Hub, the global base for the company’s 60 Hz power generating equipment.
Siemens, which provided financing to aid in the Patriot project’s construction through a $75 million term loan, will provide maintenance and service for the main components associated with the gas turbine under a long-term service program.